Wired has a new article called “Why You Can’t Get Your Hands on a Wii.” The improbably successful game-console-that-could has been selling out consistently for over a year now:
[Nintendo has] bumped up production from about 1 million to 1.8 million a month, says Nintendo Senior Vice President George Harrison, with roughly a third of them earmarked for North America. Last week was Nintendo’s best since the Wii’s launch, with 350,000 sold in the United States alone. In comparison, Microsoft sold about that many Xbox 360s last month.
So how do you get one of these things, if you’re not willing to pay double the MSRP to an eBay scalper? Wii Alerts.
Give these guys your email address and they’ll notify you when there are Wiis in stock at one of their listed online retailers. Even better, give them your cell phone number and they’ll text you the moment they’re available. If you can get to a computer within a few minutes, you’ll have no trouble at all. I had one ordered within a week of signing up.
Good luck.
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